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Mar 7, 2008 11:18 am US/Pacific

Wilshire Boulevard To Get Bus-Only Lane

LOS ANGELES

Click to enlarge 1 of 1: Gov. Schwarzenegger Friday announced that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority will receive $171 million for transit projects (file).
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Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger Friday announced that 12 miles of one lane of Wilshire Boulevard between Los Angeles and Santa Monica will be made into a bus-only lane.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority will receive $171 million from the state for transit projects around Los Angeles, Schwarzenegger said.

The money will also be used to expand the Mid City/Exposition light-rail line, purchase 95 natural gas busses and rehabilitate older busses, according to the governor's office.

"Up and down the state, our transit money will expand rail lines, buy vehicles for persons with disabilities and help systems upgrade to cleaner, more efficient buses," Schwarzenegger said.

The Orange County Transportation Authority will receive $25.2 million to build natural gas fueling infrastructure in Garden Grove, Anaheim and Irvine and to purchase paratransit vehicles for persons with disabilities.

The money will come from funds generated by Proposition 1B, a $20 billion infrastructure bond approved by voters in 2006.